1. Open Publishing Boos(t)Camp Open Science KU Leuven 24 Oct 2014 Elizabeth Moylan  Biology Editor @latwec elizabeth.moylan@biomedcentral.com Slides available via CC BY 4.0

2. Outline About BioMed Central Peer review Article-level metrics BMC Research Notes Publishing Tips

3. 3 Open Access Publishing, then and now… 2000 2014 And many more…

4. About BioMed Central Global publisher of peer-reviewed open access on-line journals Publish over 270 open access journals Part of Springer Science+Business Media Members of COPE & OASPA Creative Commons Attribution license CC-BY Costs covered by ‘article-processing charge’ (APC)

5. Post-genomic’ titles BMC series journals: - Broad interest: - Subject-specific: - Data-focused: Independent Journals - External Editors-in-Chief, often society journals - Span variety of subject areas About the journals

6. KU Leuven publications 25 14 11 10

7. Which journal? Perceived reputation or prestige? Impact Factor? Other metrics? Scope? Open Access vs subscription? Visibility? Recommendation? ??? Editorial Board Members? Online only or print? Frequency of publication? Options to transfer? Speed of peer review? Model of peer review? Thought bubble CC BY-SA 3.0 MithrandirMageCC BY-SA 3.0MithrandirMage

8. What is peer review? ‘Peer review is the evaluation of scientific research findings for validity, significance and originality, by qualified experts who research and submit work for publication in the same field.’ http://www.senseaboutscience.org/data/files/resources/17/peerReview.pdf Traditional single-blind Double-blind Open peer review Post-publication peer review

9. Double-blind most popular among researchers Pros & cons…

10. Why open peer review? Open on two levels Full transparency Increases accountability No difference in quality Feasible Credit Training Facilitates research

11. Where are the reports?

12. Pre-publication history

13. Article-level metrics - Measure the dissemination and reach of individual articles Citations Usage (accesses and downloads) Saves (bookmarks/inclusions in ref managers) Discussions via social media Comments and ratings

14. How are metrics visualised?

15. An open journal?

16. Increased transparency

17. Maximise your chance of publication success: Clearly formulated research question Appropriate experimental design, statistics & numbers Maximise impact but in context of prior work (literature search!) One key finding per manuscript Avoid salami-slicing Be original (don’t plagiarise!) Be “on topic” Data support your conclusions critiquemynovel.com Planning:

18. Maximise your chance of publication success: Agree author contributions/acknowledgements Conform to guidelines (be responsible and ethical) Check ‘instructions for authors’ Clear writing style Declare conflicts of interest Include a cover letter Suggest peer reviewers Peer review model? Be flexible (have a back up) Practicalities:

19. Sources Dalton, M. (2013) A dissemination divide? The factors that influence the journal selection decision of Library and Information Studies (LIS) researchers and practitioners http://researchrepository.ucd.ie/bitstream/handle/10197/4956/LIR.pdf?seq uence=1 http://researchrepository.ucd.ie/bitstream/handle/10197/4956/LIR.pdf?seq uence=1 Godlee F. (2002) Making reviewers visible: Openness, Accountability and credit http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/21/2762http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/21/2762 Hopewell S. et al. (2014) Impact of peer review on reports of randomised trials published in open peer review journals: retrospective before and after study. http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4145.longhttp://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4145.long Kowalczuk M. et al. (2013) A comparison of the quality of reviewer reports from author-suggested reviewers and editor-suggested reviewers in journals operating on open or closed peer review models http://f1000.com/posters/browse/summary/1094564 http://f1000.com/posters/browse/summary/1094564

20. Open Publishing Boos(t)Camp Open Science KU Leuven 24 Oct 2014 Elizabeth Moylan  Biology Editor @latwec elizabeth.moylan@biomedcentral.com Slides available via CC BY 4.0